There have been two baronetcies created for members of the St Aubyn family, one in the

Baronetage of England Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain. Baronetage of England (1611–1705) King James ...

and one in the

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. The St Aubyn Baronetcy, of Clowance in the County of Cornwall, was created in the Baronetage of England on 11 December 1671 for John St Aubyn, who later represented St Michaels in the

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. Sir John St Aubyn's lineage continued through four subsequent Baronets, all of whom were also named John St Aubyn. The second Baronet sat as

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for

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, the third Baronet for

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, the fourth Baronet for Launceston and Cornwall and the fifth Baronet for

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, Penryn and Helston. The title became extinct on the death of the fifth Baronet, in 1839.W. P. Courtney, 'St Aubyn, Sir John, fifth baronet (1758–1839)’, rev. Hallie Rubenhold, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 201
accessed 30 March 2015
/ref> While the title became extinct, the fifth Baronet's legacy continued when his illegitimate son, Edward St Aubyn, became the first Baronet of a new St Aubyn Baronetcy, of St Michael's Mount in the County of Cornwall, created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 31 July 1866. His son, the second Baronet under this UK baronetage, was elevated to the

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as a

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, becoming the first

Baron St Levan Baron St Levan, of St Michael's Mount in the County of Cornwall, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 4 July 1887 for the former Member of Parliament Sir John St Aubyn, 2nd Baronet, becoming John St Aubyn, 1st Ba ...

in 1877. The fifth Baronet's legacy also continued through his daughter and co-heir, the mother of Reverend Hender Molesworth, who in 1844 assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of St Aubyn and was the father of Sir St Aubyn Hender Molesworth-St Aubyn, 12th Baronet of the

Molesworth-St Aubyn Baronets The Molesworth, later Molesworth-St Aubyn Baronetcy, of Pencarrow near St Mabyn in Cornwall, is a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 19 July 1689 for Hender Molesworth, Governor of Jamaica. The second Baronet sat as Membe ...

St Aubyn baronets, of Clowance (1671)

*Sir John St Aubyn, 1st Baronet (1645–1687) *Sir John St Aubyn, 2nd Baronet (1670–1714) *

Sir John St Aubyn, 3rd Baronet Sir John St Aubyn, 3rd Baronet (1696–1744), of Clowance and St Michael's Mount, Cornwall, was an English Tory politician who sat in the British House of Commons, House of Commons from 1722 to 1744. Early life St Aubyn was born on 27 September 1 ...

(1696–1744) *Sir John St Aubyn, 4th Baronet (1726–1772) * Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet (1758–1839)

St Aubyn Baronets, of St Michael's Mount (1866)

*Sir Edward St Aubyn, 1st Baronet (1799–1872) * Sir John St Aubyn, 2nd Baronet (elevated to the

as the 1st

, created in 1887)

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References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Aubyn Baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of England

St Aubyn baronets, of Clowance (1671)

St Aubyn Baronets, of St Michael's Mount (1866)

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